Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter which serves 770,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) mast?
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Waltham transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Waltham transmitter?
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 28km northwest (306°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 83km west-southwest (244°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Braunstone | Transposer | 5 km SW Leicester city centre | 170 homes |
How will the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 4 Mar 2020 | |||
| C/D E | E | E | W | W T | W T | W T | |||
| C26 | LNG | LNG | |||||||
| C29 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | BBCB | ||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C41 | _local | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
| C57tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 250kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 25kW | |
| com8 | (-12.7dB) 13.4kW | |
| com7 | (-13.9dB) 10.2kW | |
| Mux 1* | (-14dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-14.9dB) 8kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D*, LNG | (-17dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Waltham Freeview Waltham DAB Waltham AM/FM Waltham TV region BBC East Midlands Central (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area
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Thursday, 14 April 2011
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KMJ,Derby6:18 PM
Mike Dimmick: I've just done a check on the Waltham signal levels and C31 gave 55% strength and 100% quality, the same as C29 and C33. C42 and C45 gave 53% and C49 gave 54% signal all 100% quality. My reception does fall off with ascending frequency as I live in a valley.
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maxcranwell6:22 PM
Lincoln
Steve, I have put a booster on that I had, I am getting some signal but very weak, less than 14%, have been running digital successfully since ondigital, obviously not on the same box now but can understand why we have lost the service, tag for me says Lincoln but actually nearer Sleaford. Guess the answer is to stop watching television ;-)
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maxcranwell6:24 PM
Lincoln
oopps last post should say cant understand
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chris6:49 PM
Sleaford
got all channels now signal strength 81% and signal quality 75%.Itv,channel 4 and 5 does break up sometimes.
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floramarg7:36 PM
i've also had probs since yesterday. spoke to digital uk and they tell me that the frequency has been changed on the waltham transmitter to a stronger one..unfortunately my freeview box (ferguson) is 'splitnit' and therefore unable to cope with the new stronger frequency. This is very frustrating as the 'switchover' should have happened until August in my area. now i have to buy a new freeview box (when I can afford to) so i can wtch my tv again!!!!!!!
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Mike Dimmick7:41 PM
KMJ,Derby: Thanks. My only other theory apart from the usual too much/too little signal was that Sandy Heath SDN has been put on C31 prematurely. It's meant to still be on C43+ until August.
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Mike Dimmick7:52 PM
floramarg: The 'Split NIT' issue first surfaced in the major retune in 2009. It's possible you didn't experience a problem if you haven't retuned the box since before then.
If you didn't, you would have lost C5 when it moved from Mux A to Mux 2, with ITV3 moving in the other direction.
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robert pitt9:18 PM
Switched on my tv last night did not have itv 1 C4 or C5 RETUNED MY TV still did not have them now after bbc 2 now is BBC 3 instead of itv 1 could anyone help with this problem.
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obsidian_eclipse9:37 PM
hmmm. Still cant get mux 2 on C31. When I run the tv tuner on the pc it states a good signal strength, 100% quality and that it has 'locked' onto C31 but there are no program IDs or transport streams, all the others working as normal.
Have they done anything weird or wonderful on mux 2 since the move to C31? (Changed the modulation?) Its completely flummoxed me.
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Ben Johnson9:37 PM
I am not a technical guy but am having the same problem...no ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4 etc. My Bush BTU160DTR has the digital tick so I assume should work. I have retuned a number of times but still nothing. I did note that the software I have is not what TUTV say should be the current version...so I do not know if that might affetct.
What is the advice...I would like to avoid a total wipe and reset as that will lose my recordings. HELP!
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